The Property Academy Podcast

In this episode, we discuss prefabricated homes and how they could potentially impact the property market.  We reveal the fact that pre-fabricated properties already exist within New Zealand, with many residential property developers building walls and materials on production lines and assembling them on sight.  We walk through the potential opportunities for property investors and the relative costs of building on-site, v.s. building in-factory and assembling on-site.  We wrap up the show by mentioning the Property Academy video course. This 19 lesson property investment course teaches you the fundamentals of how to invest in property, here in NZ.

In this episode, we discuss the things in new developments that is concerning Andrew today, along with whether we are likely to see another leaky homes crisis – or something similar – in the future. We wrap up the show by mentioning our Property Academy Video Course. This 19 lesson property investment video course teaches you the fundamentals of how to invest successfully in NZ property.

In this episode, we discuss how climate change and rising sea levels impact property investment. We answer questions like "what will happen if you invest in a property near the sea and sea levels start to rise" along with "how is coastal erosion impacting property investment?" We take a look at a case study from Mokau in the Waitomo district to consider how coastal erosion is impacting property owners there ... and how early warning signs were potentially ignored. Finally, we wrap up the show by mentioning the Property Academy video course. This 19 lesson property investment video course teaches you the fundamentals of how to succeed as a property investor in 2021.

In this episode, we discuss who our top 5 property lawyers are in the country. These are the property lawyers who we know, like and trust ... and can hand on heart recommend.  The five lawyers are: Sue Foley from Landley Law Shelley Funnell from Henderson Reeves Katherine Mexted from Convex Legal Penny Liu from Liu Legal, and  Michelle Erasmus from The Conveyancing Shop Have a personal lawyer that you think we should add to the list, or who we should meet? Send us a text. Our number is 5522. It would be great to hear from you. 

In this episode, we discuss whether you should rent your property out to friends and family. Our feeling is that this is a big ... no. The reasons are: If you rent to family, you may undercharge rent and put yourself in a worse financial position If you are purchasing a property for a family member it may cause you to purchase a property that doesn't work as an investment property If you purchase a property for friends or family, you are restricted by location, which may mean that you buy in an area that doesn't make sense right now. Instead, we give some alternatives for how you might like to help out friends and family if that is something that is important to you. We wrap up the episode by discussing our Porperty Academy Video course. This 19 lesson property investment video course teaches you the fundamentals of how to invest in property within New Zealand ... for free. 

In this episode, we discuss the exact financial point where you should consider getting started in property investment. In our view, you should get started when you can, which is at a minimum with $100,000 to $120,000 worth of useable equity in your property.  This will allow you to purchase an investment property worth $500-$600k maximum, if purchasing a brand new property. We also walk through some common fishhooks that property investors miss when calculating useable equity off their own existing property investment portfolio.  Don't forget to check out the equity calculator that we mentioned in the show to see how much useable equity you have in your own home.  And if you have a topic you'd like us to talk about, send us a text. Our number is 5522.

In this episode, we discuss the three ways you can add an extra bedroom to a property ... either to increase its rental yield, or to increase the value of the property itself. The three ways are: 1) dress a room differently with furniture, painting or recarpeting to point out that it could be used as a bedroom, 2) Add a partitioning wall to carve up large lounges and bedrooms into smaller rooms, or to repurpose an existing room, and 3) build an extra one on to the property itself.  This topic comes from a listener of the show, ay. If you have a topic you'd like us to speak about, then let us know. Give us a text. Our number is 5522.

In this episode, we discuss whether you will have to pay a break fee when selling your property ... this is a cost that many investors will miss when making changes to their portfolio.  We discuss when you'll have to pay a break fee and also go through the other costs and fees many investors miss when making changes to their portfolios.  We wrap up the show by discussing the new Property Academy video course. This 19 lesson property investment video course teaches you the fundamentals of how to invest in property in New Zealand.  

In this episode, we discuss how to set up a successful joint venture partnership so that you can invest with other people. Investing with other people means that you can invest faster and benefit from the skills that others have. We detail the three things you can potentially bring to a partnership: time, skills or money (both income and equity) and a few ways that you can set up a JV both as a passive and as an active property investor.  We wrap up the episode by mentioning the Property Academy video course. This 19 lesson property investment video course will teach you the fundamentals of how to invest in property in New Zealand.

In this episode, we discuss the top performing suburbs within New Zealand for 2020. This is based on the Best of the Best report from Core Logic, which shows the suburbs that had the highest and lowest growth yields, as well as highest and lowest growth rates. Access the report here.  We reveal and summarise all of the data, including revealing the suburbs where properties took an average of just 7 days to sell in 2020. We also mention the Property Academy video course. This 19 lesson course teaches you the fundamental of investing in property for free ... you don't even have to put your email address in.